Project 52 {week 51} | Christmas

Project 52 {week 50} | Joy

Project 52 {week 49} | White

Getting so close to the end...

Project 52 {week 48} | Fall

Welp, this is what the end of November looked like in my neck of the woods. Not so "Fall" anymore.

(extra snow added for fun) :)

Project 52 {week 47} | Thanks

Project 52 {week 46} | Morning

Project 52 {week 45} | Yellow

Project 52 {week 44} | Halloween

My little "scary crow" :) And a few more from this quick session...

Project 52 {week 43} | Spooky

Project 52 {week 42} | Friends

Sometimes your cousins are your first best friends :)

Project 52 {week 41} | Black & White

Project 52 {week 40} | Photographer's Choice

Project 52 {week 39} | Pattern

Project 52 {week 38} | Pink

Not really the photo I intended to take this week. But it will have to do.

Project 52 [week 37} | Faceless Self Portrait

And some outtakes. Of course when I want to take photos of Max he acts like its going to the doctors or something. And this time when I didn't want him in the photos he popped in a couple times and looked stupidly cute! 

I do believe this is my new favorite photo. 

Project 52 {week 36} | Favorite Color

This was actually supposed to be last weeks photo. But I just couldn't think of my favorite color. I don't think I actually have one. There are tons of colors that I like, but none that I would consider my absolute favorite. So I switched this weeks and last weeks photos since I got so hung up on "what the heck is my favorite color"?

The one thing that is in my mind currently is that Fall is almost here. This is my favorite time of year. One reason being....the colors! I know the trees have not really started changing yet. But my sweet friend Ashley made this flower crown...and I thought it was perfect. None of the colors really speak to me individually. But together they are magic!

Oh the self portrait. Not my thing at all. I am so weirdly uncomfortable in front of the camera. Especially when I am taking photos of myself. But I also feel so strongly about being in the photo. I want my children to be able to look back and see who I was. It's so natural to me, as a photographer, to grab my camera and capture moments in time forever. I just tend to be left out of those moments. As I was putting together my sons scrapbook from his first year of life I noticed how many photos of him and my husband I had. And very few of Max and I together. Or the three of us as a family. That has to change! How sad it would be for my children and even my grandchildren or great grandchildren to have nothing to look back on (and I'm not talking about college party days pictures, lord help me). I love going through old photographs of my parents and grandparents. It never gets old to see my Mom as she was at my age now. As a new mom with me in her arms. I wish there were more photos of my grandmother at that age. And my great mother. This is our legacy.

I knew I needed to get a photo for this week but I also used it as an opportunity to get in the photo and embrace it, good or bad. So here are a few more from this series.

And of course some outtakes...my child definitely has PCS. Photographers Child Syndrome. He will run and look in any direction...as long as it isn't at the camera. And a smile? I must be joking. 

Project 52 {week 35} | Family

Project 52 {week 34} | High Angle

Project 52 {week 33} | Metallic

Project 52 {week 32} | Far Away

Project 52 {week 31} | Clouds

Project 52 {week 30} | Trees

Project 52 {Week29} | Orange

Project 52 {Week28} | Jump

*Sigh* I do believe this is a mid-year crisis. Or a mid-year rut. Oh well. Onward and upward.

Project 52 {Week 27} | Patriotic

Project 52 {Week 26} | Sunflare

I just couldn't get my sh*t together to get out and get a good sunflare photo. So this will have to do for now. Lord knows I love a good sunflare.

Project 52 {Week 25} | Celebrate

...that it wasn't on any walls or furniture!

Project 52 {Week 24} | Dad

Just a bit late posting this...

Project 52 {Week23} | Flag

Project 52 {Week 22} | Flowers

Project 52 {Week 21} | Blue

Project 52 {Week 20} | Letters

Random Tuesday {5.13.14}

I've wanted to do a "day in the life" post for awhile now. I feel like people tend to only want the big events documented. Weddings, birthdays. But why not a random Tuesday. This day I woke up around 6:30am. I forgot to photograph the first hour and half of the day. It basically consisted of me drinking coffee and catching up on Mad Men. Max woke up around 8:30am (super sleep in for him) and the day started with breakfast...

Next up was washing hands and getting dressed. But not with out a few jumps on the bed!

He finally let me put clothes on him and we went outside to check on the chickies. It was the perfect weather. Too bad I knew it wouldn't last.

Caught him sneaking on to Daddy's tractor.

We have recently made the switch to cloth diapers. And aren't turning back. I set them out on the deck to dry. About 5 minutes after these photos a gust of wind knocked the whole thing over :/

Anyone else gettin real tired of these things...

Oh well. Time for me to get ready now. I've challenged myself to get in more photos. I pretty much hate being in front of the camera, especially for self portraits. But I also think that they are important. (Side note: I'm not talking about cell phone selfies) So here is me being brave...no makeup. I'm in the process of putting it on though.

And while I do that, Max finds something to get into.

This is multitasking at it finest. Max plays quietly, until he disappears to turn music on.  

 Dance party to ABC rock.

Complete with a big finish!

A quick photo with my boy and then it's back outside to play.

Our little tree is blooming!

Lunch time. A sandwich and strawberries for Max and a smoothie for me. After we eat it's time for a little quiet time. 

                             

Daddy's home! We cook dinner while little man relaxes and watches some LeapFrog.

Then it's bath time and bed time.

Jesse and I watch an episode of Breaking Bad and then head to bed too. And that's it.  A pretty typical day for us. I think I am going to try and do posts like this every so often. I do think it's important to document the big events. But lately I think it's even more important to document the little moments that happen everyday.